A Windsor police officer suffered a sprained wrist early Saturday when the suspect in at least two break and enters slammed the prisoner van door on his arm.

Officers caught up with the suspect after a woman found him in her house.

Police were dispatched at 3:35 a.m. to a home in the 5400 block of Reginald Street for a break and enter.

A woman at the house said she was awakened by a noise in the house. She got out of bed and saw a man at the stairwell.

When the man saw her, he said he heard the house alarm go off and wanted to let her know. Then he ran off.

The woman then noticed the man got into her house through the back door and turned off the alarm. She called police.

Officers in the area were confronted by another person, who could only see the officer’s flashlights in the dark. After realizing they were police, he said someone had also just broken into his girlfriend’s house. He gave a description that matched the one from the first break-in.

While officers were talking to the witness, the suspect ran by. The witness identified him. Officers started chasing him. As the suspect ran, he threw a backpack to the ground.

Officers eventually caught up to the man and arrested him. Police said the backpack was stolen from one of the homes. It was filled with food from the same house.
As officers were putting the man into the prisoner transport van, police said, he kicked the rear door. It slammed on one of the officer’s wrists. The officer was treated at hospital for a sprained wrist.

Gladson Chinyangwa, 21, of Windsor, is charged with two counts of break and enter, possession of stolen property and assault police.

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